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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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